In A Mad World Only

The Japanese See Self-assertion As Immoral And Self- Sacrifice As The Sensible Course To Take In Life.

Human Beings Share The Same Common Problems. A Film Can Only Be Understood If It Depicts These Properly.

I Like Silent Pictures And I Always Have ... I Wanted To Restore Some Of This Beauty. I Thought Of It, I Remember In This Way: One Of Techniques Of Modern Art Is Simplification, And That I Must Therefore Simplify This Film.

I Can't Afford To Hate Anyone. I Don't Have That Kind Of Time.

When I Start On A Film I Always Have A Number Of Ideas About My Project. Then One Of Them Begins To Germinate, To Sprout, And It Is This, Which I Take And Work With. My Films Come From My Need To Say A Particular Thing At A Particular Time. The Beginning Of Any Film For Me Is This Need To Express Something. It Is To Make It Nurture And Grow That I Write My Script- It Is Directing It That Makes My Tree Blossom And Bear Fruit.